UAZ Classic Commercial sales are up 5.3% in March. Economic sanctions levelled at Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine have affected the value of the ruble and triggered widespread inflation as well as the end of the import of some automotive parts in an international boycott. Some…
This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
The UAZ Bukhanka is #1 in Kazakhstan in April, 60% being ambulances. Picture autozavod.com Hitherto unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis (+39.7% in March), the Kazakh new car market crashes in April at -80.5% year-on-year to 1.122 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative at -2.8% to 18.963. This is the result…
The Geely Atlas lands directly inside the Russian Top 100. Picture zr.ru It's time to update the Russian Full Year 2018 dataset with a complete models ranking including 330 nameplates. The Full Year 2018 article article has been updated with this info but we'll detail our findings on here. As is…
The Toyota Fortuner is the best-selling new launch in Russia this year. Picture zr.ru * See the Top 320 All-models ranking table by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, twice a year we have access to a complete models ranking for Russia, a fascinating exercise.…
The UAZ Profi lands at #148 at home in 2017. * See the Top 365 All-models ranking table by clicking on the title * Today we can share with you complete data for the Full Year 2017 Russian models ranking with 365 nameplates included. As is the tradition the GAZ…
The Ravon Nexia R3 is the best-selling vehicle in Kazakhstan in November. Picture drive.ru * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 160 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to our partnership with autoconsulting.kz, we can share with you today November data for Kazakhstan. The market confirms its recovery with…
The Kuga (+36%), Explorer (+46%) and Focus (+21%) help Ford regain foot in Russia this year. * See the Top 350 All-models ranking table by clicking on the title * We now have access to All-models data for Russia over the First Half of 2017. As usual the best-selling light…
UAZ Bukhanka * See the Top 42 All-brands and Top 170 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to our partnership with autoconsulting.kz, we can share with you today October data for Kazakhstan, down another steep 47% year-on-year to 3.996 registrations while September 2015 was already down 60% over 2014.…
The Kia Rio now ranks #2 year-to-date above the Lada Granta. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 55 All-brands and Top 260 All-models - see title * It would appear scrappage schemes are finally triggering a bottoming out of the Russian new car market, at least this month with a thin…
* See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 170 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to autoconsulting.kz, we can share with you August data for Kazakhstan, a market that continues to struggle with sales down 44% to 3.800 on a month of August 2015 that was already freefalling 54%. Year-to-date,…
The Daewoo Matiz becomes Ravon R2 and lands at #78. * See the Top 260 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * After the Top 25 models and Top 55 All-brands, as is the tradition on BSCB we explore the Russian models charts in full detail for July. First the usual…
The SUV segment is the only one resisting the current Russian sales crisis. * See the Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * After the Top 25 models and Top 53 All-brands, as is the tradition on BSCB we now delve into the full detail of Russian models…
The Focus leads Ford's Russian "renaissance" * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * After the Top 25 models and Top 50 All-brands, as is the tradition on BSCB we can now share the complete Russian models ranking for March. The best-selling LCVs land at #5 (GAZ…
The Hyundai Solaris ends the year 4.314 sales below the Lada Granta. * Now updated with the Top 60 All-brands and Top 430 All-models * * Check out 45 years worth of Russian Archived data here * A lot of elements combined to make 2015 one of the worst years for…